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Very servicable printer - Recommend
by Mahoner
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February 23, 2006
Pros: Quieter, more vibrant colors than Stylus 2200
Cons: A little slower printing than Stylus 2200
Summary: As a Network Administrator, I forsee most IT purchases for my company. In this case I bought the Epson Stylus R2400 because our Stylus 2200 broke down and our design ...
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Summary: As a Network Administrator, I forsee most IT purchases for my company. In this case I bought the Epson Stylus R2400 because our Stylus 2200 broke down and our design department needed a replacement. Based on reviews from CNET as well as recommendations from a client, we purchased this printer.
PROS - Granted, I don't use the R2400 all the time but I from what I seen and done it's a very good printer. The new K3 ink cartridges produces a much better color that it's predecessor. This I've seen and has been reported back to me by the design crew. Also the printer itself is relatively the same size as the 2200, but prints much more quiet. The manual feed tray is always a nice addition, as is the extra part for the roll feeder. It is network, USB, and firewire compatible. Setup was really easy, and I had it networked within about 10 minutes to all 3 computers in the department. As with any purchases I would recommend though an extended warranty. The 2200 we found had numerous problems with inks and such. This so far has none of those issues.
CONS - The only real issue (and even this isn't that bad) is that it seems like it printers a little bit slower than the 2200. So if you found the speed on the older printer bad, then you might not be excited to read that. But really, I don't think the speed is all that bad. That is the only issue thus far we've had, and we've had the printer going into it's 2nd month now.
CONCLUSION: The Epson Stylus R2400 has been really a well made upgrade by Epson. If you're a person printing photographic images are just looking for a rich prints I would highly recommend this printer.
Cheers!
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Excellent A3+ photo printer
by Roaring Bearcub
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April 20, 2006
Pros: Accurate colour, high quality, relatively fast, great black and white (and colour), wide selection of papers available.
Cons: Switching between matte and 'photo' inks... maybe a little expensive to run, but you have to expect that. Options in the printer driver dialogue could be a bit better, but it's okay.
Summary: I upgraded to this printer after using two previous Epsons (Stylus 1160 and C82), in order to supplement my new DSLR.
Excellent quality of prints from the start - colours ...
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Summary: I upgraded to this printer after using two previous Epsons (Stylus 1160 and C82), in order to supplement my new DSLR.
Excellent quality of prints from the start - colours are accurate and predictable. Black and white work is very easy, with neutral tones from the printer.
If you're getting a printer such as this, you have to realise that you'll be paying quite a bit for the 8 inks it uses, and a bit more if you change the matte/photo often. It's definately not for the novice or weak of heart...
Only real drawbacks are the changing of matte/photo inks, although personally I tend to use matte paper exclusively. Also, it is slightly annoying to have some options missing based on choice of paper and print quality (such as Advanced B/W mode).
Personally, when chosing between this printer and the R1800, I was worried about losing things like the gloss optimiser ink, and the CD printing capacity. But now, I can see no need whatsoever for those features - glossy prints are excellent on this printer, and the higher quality you can expect surely makes up for the extra price. I also heard that the R1800 is better for colour, due to red and blue inks, but the R2400 is truly brilliant in this regard as well. If you are worried about any slight differences between the two, then you're probably looking too hard... Get the R2400 over the R1800 - only a bit more expensive, but far more capable.
Apart from these minor points, it is a high quality, professional-grade printer that should suit anyone who won't be printing above A3+, and who wants the very best quality available. Congratulations to Epson for giving me all the features I could want with this machine. No regrets with this purchase! (and I've had it for more than a year)
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5
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Requires daily printing
by ammartine
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October 24, 2007
Pros: Great pictures and quick printing
Cons: uses ink quickly, requires you to print daily
Summary: I loved my epson stylus photo R2400 until I had a problem with a printout. I was getting a yellow/brown cast on my photos. I went spent 7 hours (...
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Summary: I loved my epson stylus photo R2400 until I had a problem with a printout. I was getting a yellow/brown cast on my photos. I went spent 7 hours (on a long distance phone call to epson), went through 16 cartridges of ink to finially find out I need to use my printer on a daily basis. None of the reviews or the manual states that this printer needs to be used that often. It was determined that some of the ink lines were clogging up with dried ink and they needed to be flushed out along with repeated head cleaning. Eventually my photos came out great. One week later I went to print more photos and I am experiencing the same problem. I recommend only buying this printer if you plan on printing daily not occasionally.
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Truly Black_Black and whites
by samael9
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July 2, 2006
Pros: Job-specific configurability, less clunky than the 2200
Cons: Swapping blacks (sigh; again)
Summary: The new R2400 is a madman! An elegant departure from the 2200, which I loved dearly. I used the 2200 for a little more than a year and a half ...
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Summary: The new R2400 is a madman! An elegant departure from the 2200, which I loved dearly. I used the 2200 for a little more than a year and a half until it finally quit feeding Velvet Fine Art paper with out a lot of manual coaxing.
CompUSA gladly replaced my 2200 with the new R2400 under the TAP warrantee. And I cheerfully paid the difference in price between the two. Surprisingly, they took my inventory of ink cartridges for the 2200 back for a full refund against the purchase of cartridges for the R2400! Good thing too, because I had about 30 tanks on my shelf.
Set up was easy enough, until getting to the ICC profiles for Velvet Fine Art paper. They won?t come on board. VFA and a couple other paper options in the Print Settings menu remain elusively gray (read: unavailable) Neither Epson tech support, which was fabulous, btw, nor Apple Care, equally fab, could get the problem resolved. But with so many other options available, finding a work-around is easy.
After 3.5 hours on the phone with Epson and Apple, I finally said _ _ _ _ it, and printed out one of my B&W photos using the advanced options for tonality on VFA Super B.
Momma Mia!!!! My 2200 never, ever made a B&W that looked this good! All the fretting over the VFA ICC profile quickly evaporated as I gazed at my image. All the gray scale, the detail, the diffusion and the increase in perspective just left me speechless. There was always a little something lacking in the B&W?s coming out of my 2200. Such is not the case with R2400. I am extremely pleased.
This is definitely not a novice instrument. I would imagine that ink consumption on Matte and Velvet paper is something akin to driving ?74 Eldorado in need of a tune-up. At first glance, it is immediately obvious that this printer will not be cheap to run. The advanced options are highly sophisticated and without proper monitor calibration, there will be an appreciable amount of trial-and-error, which equates to usage of consumables.
I am looking forward to the journey into my image files and outputting on this glorious piece of technology.
Oh yeah: Come on, Epson! Switching inks is a serious pain, especially so because I still can?t get my favorite paper profiles to come up. Even after verifying the cartridges, re-loading the drivers, etc. Back on my 2200, I had to delete the printer from the printer list, re-start and add the printer back when switching cartridges. There?s gotta be a better way??..
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9
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An outstanding quality, expensive 13 x 19 inch format printer
by mwhigham
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April 21, 2007
Pros: Excellent B&W, dramatic color
Cons: Expensive, inks wasted during changing from matte to glossy
Summary: I am delighted with the output from this printer. The B&W draws raves from everyone who sees them. The color is vibrant and accurate. Wonderful printer if you ...
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Summary: I am delighted with the output from this printer. The B&W draws raves from everyone who sees them. The color is vibrant and accurate. Wonderful printer if you need greater than 8 x 10 output
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What a piece of junk! The color prints are awful with terrible registration
by lrohr
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June 11, 2008
Pros: Nothing good to say about this worthless piece of garbage
Cons: Paper feed problems and poor color are the hallmark of this machine
Summary: My other epson printer was great, this thing is the worst printer I have ever used with out of register prints, overspray as well as exceptionally faded prints I'm ...
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Summary: My other epson printer was great, this thing is the worst printer I have ever used with out of register prints, overspray as well as exceptionally faded prints I'm on the 2nd machine from epson the refurbished machine they replaced my new out of the box unit is beat up and worn out looking and just as bad as the first on it is going back to them.
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Great for photos
by malibru
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February 2, 2008
Pros: Photo quality
Cons: Cost, reliability
Summary: I have no idea who would ever buy a printer like this then complain about text print speed. That's like buying a Maserati and then complaining about the fuel ...
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Summary: I have no idea who would ever buy a printer like this then complain about text print speed. That's like buying a Maserati and then complaining about the fuel economy. Okay, sorry, but I just had to say that.
This is a *photo* printer, and people drop the chunk of change they do for that purpose. If you're getting this for any other reason, you're a fool.
The picture quality is really, really good, esp. B&W (at least when it comes to digital printers). I realized after purchasing it that I still did most of my B&W work on film -- and as good as the 2400 is, it cannot match the quality of emulsion -- so I sold it. But let me tell you, when it comes to its comparative quality against almost any other digital printer, this one wins hands down. It's a little finicky in terms of user-friendliness, but after reading the manual (which I highly recommend), it becomes manageable. Speaking of which, unless you plan to use this on semi-regular basis, I'd think twice buying this printer. Too many people have complained about what happens to the ink if it sits too long. Now, that was never an issue for me, probably because I left it turned off so the heat from the CPU didn't dry out the ink(?). Who knows. I'd say I printed on a weekly basis, definitely not a daily one, and I never had issues with the ink going south.
In the end, it was simply too many ********** for me. I wanted something a little more straightforward and not so many moving parts, but still good print quality. So, the Maserati was sold, and I got the Volvo C30 of printers: reliable, sexy, fast, and very, very safe. Any guesses?
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A great Image print.
by gbreed06
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April 2, 2007
Pros: Easy and fast setup.
Cons: Size. The print needs lot of space
Summary: If you are a serious image Pro this is the printer. A true full scale Black and White or Color images (Photo). All in all a great Pro system
Summary: If you are a serious image Pro this is the printer. A true full scale Black and White or Color images (Photo). All in all a great Pro system
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Produces great photos - Color or B&W
by dona2day
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October 25, 2006
Pros: Prints up to 13X19, fast, easy ink replacement
Cons: Hard to find the ink cartridges in stores
Summary: I bought it especially for photo printing and find its quality to be excellent.
Summary: I bought it especially for photo printing and find its quality to be excellent.
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I hate this printer.
by lilyrit
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September 25, 2007
Pros: When it works it prints great photos.
Cons: Works OK with Photoshop but not well with InDesign.
Summary: One of the reasons I bought this printer is to print color comps used in my graphic design business but also to print photos. It is suppose to print to ...
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Summary: One of the reasons I bought this printer is to print color comps used in my graphic design business but also to print photos. It is suppose to print to the edge of the paper which it will in Photoshop but won't out of InDesign or using the PDF print options. Epson says it's an Adobe issue and Adobe says its an Epson issue. It also uses a rediculous amount of ink and the price for each of the 9 cartridges it uses has gone up 2 bucks since I got it. It also won't print black text black (it is a grayscale). I also havne't been thrilled with the color output being true to the colors I'm picking. And one of my biggest complaints is that the print driver defauts to Letter-manual in many of the programs I use no matter how many times I try to reset the default so EVERY TIME I want to print something I need to go into the Page Setup menu and pick what paper I'm using. I've only used the higher end Epson printers in the past and am VERY disappointed with this one.
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